GOP Senator Roasted Over This ‘Idiot’ Take On Manhattan Mass Shooting

Kennedy told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that “all you can do in a time like this is be sorry” for the victims of the mass shooting before predicting that some of his colleagues will call for more gun control laws on Tuesday morning.

“We’ve got hundreds of gun control laws, Sean. Maybe thousands,” he said.

He later added, “We don’t need more gun control, we need more idiot control. And I don’t know exactly how to do that but I do know this — I don’t want to hear anyone feeling sorry for this guy who did this.”

Kennedy has been a gun control opponent and has received a 92% rating or higher from the National Rifle Association since his first successful Senate campaign in 2016, according to the nonprofit Vote Smart.

There have been 8,590 deaths due to gun violence in the U.S. so far this year and 15,704 injuries.

The motive of the gunman, who killed himself, remains unclear, officials said.

Critics on social media clowned the senator over his call to action.